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Question 1:

In which year was the Church of Scientology founded?
a) 1854
b) 1984
c) 1886
d) 1954

Question 2:

The Hare Krishna movement was a mission of what type of Hinduism?
a) Vaishnava
b) Shaivite
c) Shakta
d) Smarta

Question 3:

L. Ron Hubbard was a founding figure within which movement?
a) Mormonism
b) Scientology
c) Wicca
d) Christian Science

Question 4:

Soka Gakkai is rooted in which form of Buddhism?
a) Tibetan
b) Zen
c) Theravada
d) Mahayana

Question 5:

What text is central to the practice of Soka Gakkai?
a) The Lama Sutra
b) The Pure Land Sutra
c) The Lotus Sutra
d) The Nichiren Sutra

Question 6:

What type of institution did the Soka Gakkai establish in California in 1995?
a) Temple
b) University
c) Meditation centre
d) Hospital

Question 7:

What form of energy is central to the practice of Falun Dafa?
a) Da
b) Fa
c) Li
d) Qi

Question 8:

What is the highest path according to the story of Krishna and Arjuna in the Gita?
a) Bhakti yoga
b) Tantra yoga
c) Vajrayana yoga
d) Hatha yoga

Question 9:

What does the term puja refer to?
a) Strict Hare Krishna dietary law
b) Hare Krishna recruiting activities
c) Hare Krishna devotional services
d) Hare Krishna clothing

Question 10:

In what year did the practice of plural marriage officially cease within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
a) 1990
b) 1960
c) 1880
d) 1890

Question 11:

Within which religious movement is the figure of the Bab important?
a) Nation of Islam
b) Baha’i
c) Falun Dafa
d) Soka Gakkai

Question 12:

In which year was the Nation of Islam founded?
a) 1930
b) 1920
c) 1890
d) 1900

Question 13:

What form of Islam did Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) convert to when he left the NOI?
a) Shi’i
b) Baha’i
c) Sufi
d) Sunni

Question 14:

Within which movement is a diagram referred to as the “Tree of Life” used?
a) Falun Dafa
b) Soka Gakkai
c) Kabbalah Centre
d) Baha’i

Question 15:

What does the term “thetan” refer to in the practice of Scientology?
a) Alien engineers
b) The soul
c) The mind
d) A mental blockage

Question 16:

In which new religious movement is the story of Genesis reinterpreted through an extraterrestrial thematic?
a) Scientology
b) Mormonism
c) Nation of Islam
d) Raëlianism

Question 17:

With which new religious movement is “magnetism” often associated?
a) New Age
b) Wicca
c) Raëlianism
d) Falun Dafa

Question 18:

What term was used by early twentieth century sociologists of religion to describe new institutional movements that had broken away from mainstream denominations?
a) Cults
b) New religious movements
c) Sects
d) Covens

Question 19:

What is the official status of Falun Dafa in China?
a) State sanctioned religion
b) Banned as an unregistered religion
c) Under state review, currently tolerated
d) A popular cultural practice, not viewed as a religion

Question 20:

Where was the International Society for Krishna Consciousness established?
a) Mumbai
b) Gujarat
c) San Francisco
d) New York City

Higher Education

World Religions: Western Traditions, Fourth Edition—Chapter 7